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How Micro-Transactions Will Shake Up iPhone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hang-me-upside-down-and-shake dept.

Spanner Spencer writes "Talk to iPhone games developers, and the feature they're most excited about in the new iPhone 3.0 software is the ability to do in-game micro-transactions. And while you might wonder if this is just an excuse to get iPhone gamers to dip into their wallets even more often, it's actually a hugely positive thing for several reasons. Downloadable content, virtual items, subscription billing and fast-track social advancement are some of them, so Pocket Gamer looks into a bit more depth about what you can expect on the micro-payments side once iPhone 3.0 debuts."

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  1. Shake up your iPhone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    iPhone has force-feedback too? Is there nothing this thing can't do?

  2. Re:Looks like attack of the shill by Culture20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fuck iphone.

    There's an app for that!

  3. Re:I hope it's clearly marked and confirmed by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    It isn't "slipping their fingers into my wallet quietly" it's "Enabling premium content acquisition seamlessly"...

  4. Re:Looks like attack of the shill by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but it was never approved by Apple...

  5. Re:Looks like attack of the shill by ionix5891 · · Score: 4, Funny

    iFuck?

  6. Re:Social Pyramid Games by Krneki · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm, that gives me an idea.
    How about a Nigerian adventure game, where you have to pay every time you make some progress toward your 10M$ reward.

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  7. More like by liquiddark · · Score: 4, Funny

    iDontFuckPleaseHelpMe

  8. Re:Looks like attack of the shill by ben0207 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right, I'm going to need a fleshlight, a dock connector, the SDK and a few days.

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  9. We demand more! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Please publish more Apple/iPhone stories, no matter how pointless. Thank you.